Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) anemia is one of the main common comorbidities in patients undergoing End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). Iron supplement and especially Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents (ESA) have become the treatment of choice for that ane...
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
Jan 1, 2025
OBJECTIVES: This study aims to improve the ethical use of machine learning (ML)-based clinical prediction models (CPMs) in shared decision-making for patients with kidney failure on dialysis. We explore factors that inform acceptability, interpretabi...
The Journal of international medical research
Apr 1, 2024
OBJECTIVE: To develop and evaluate a novel feature selection technique, using photoplethysmography (PPG) sensors, for enhancing the performance of deep learning models in classifying vascular access quality in hemodialysis patients.
The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
Oct 1, 2023
: Chronic kidney disease and as a consequence end-stage kidney disease (EKSD) is increasing globally. More and more people across the world are requiring hemodialysis (HD). The HD procedure produces a large quantity of biomedical waste. In addition, ...
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association
Sep 29, 2023
BACKGROUND: Intradialytic hypotension (IDH) is a serious complication of hemodialysis (HD) that is associated with increased risks of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. However, its accurate prediction remains a clinical challenge. The aim of th...
The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
Sep 1, 2023
OBJECTIVES: Maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients are at increased risk of contracting coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Vaccine against COVID-19 offers the benefit of protection from severe illness. In this study, we assessed the humoral respon...
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association
Jun 30, 2023
BACKGROUND: Although the MEST-C classification is among the best prognostic tools in immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN), it has a wide interobserver variability between specialized pathologists and others. Therefore we trained and evaluated a tool u...
Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality occur with an extraordinarily high incidence in the hemodialysis-dependent end-stage kidney disease population. There is a clear need to improve identification of those individuals at the highest risk of cardiov...
Artificial intelligence technology is trending in nearly every medical area. It offers the possibility for improving analytics, therapy outcome, and user experience during therapy. In dialysis, the application of artificial intelligence as a therapy-...
Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
Jan 1, 2023
BACKGROUND: Dialysis machines are used regularly in healthcare practice. They are classified as a type of medical device with moderate and high risk therefore significant requirements are placed on their safety and performance every time they are use...